According to Pew Research Center, using survey data from April 2023, 62% of Americans own a pet.
When Pew Research surveys this question in 2025 or 2026, will the number decline?
Fractional percentages will be rounded to the nearest percentage.
If the percentage of US pet owners is 61% or lower, this question resolves YES; otherwise NO.
If Pew Research Center does not survey this question in 2025 or 2026, I will instead attempt to use data from the American Pet Products Association. According to their 2023-2024 survey, 66% of US households own a pet.
https://www.americanpetproducts.org/research-insights/industry-trends-and-stats
Again, fractional percentages will be rounded, and the new percentage must be less than 66% for the market to resolve YES.
If neither PRC nor APPA releases data surveyed in 2025 or 2026, then I will resolve this market N/A.
1,000APPA has released a report using data from 2025. I can't see the data without purchasing the report, but the top line says that "pet ownership remained stable," with 95 million households owning a pet in 2025, up from 94 million in 2024 (https://americanpetproducts.org/news/u.s.-pet-industry-reaches-158-billion-in-2025-poised-for-continued-growth-in-2026). I found a denominator of 134.8 million US households in 2025, which would put the pet ownership percentage at 70%.
Because of the way I worded the description, it looks like I need to wait to see if Pew releases a report in 2026 before I resolve based on APPA. But it seems likely this market will resolve NO.